Database Develop

designer requested!

I need help:
I've been the whole day working in a new theme, but I'm still not able to get what I want by Photoshop,(I guess Im not as good as I expected). so I decide to ask for help.
I need someone who can help me to make this for me.
Maybe we can make a great theme.
So, designers, show us your skills

joshuas_79 said:
I need help:
I've been the whole day working in a new theme, but I'm still not able to get what I want by Photoshop,(I guess Im not as good as I expected). so I decide to ask for help.
I need someone who can help me to make this for me.
Maybe we can make a great theme.
So, designers, show us your skills
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
what is that? a status bar and app drawer? try being more specific as to what you're asking . i know i'm confused, lol.

opasha said:
what is that? a status bar and app drawer? try being more specific as to what you're asking . i know i'm confused, lol.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
statusbar background and tray launcher

joshuas_79 said:
statusbar background and tray launcher
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
and you want it to look like those? that tray is really big

opasha said:
and you want it to look like those? that tray is really big
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know, that why I like transparent, maybe not very useful, but it just a new concept. , but this glass effect is more difficult for me than I expected..

I might could help if you tell me more specific what you want.

Here are the png files I would like to "create with your help":
One is for the status bar, this should be the red topbar in the pics of the first post.
And the seond one is the tray for the launcher, I post what I got so far, but it's still not looking how I would like.
I hope you understand what I mean now...

ok i did the files for you as close to what you showed in your mockup.
statusbar_background.png:
tray_handle_normal.png: this file is 40% transparent since that is what it looked like in your mockup. it looks grey because it is on a solid background here. however when you open it up in photoshop and gimp you will see that it is transparent.
good luck

opasha said:
ok i did the files for you as close to what you showed in your mockup.
statusbar_background.png:
tray_handle_normal.png: this file is 40% transparent since that is what it looked like in your mockup. it looks grey because it is on a solid background here. however when you open it up in photoshop and gimp you will see that it is transparent.
good luck
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh thanks!!, I'm going to test it right now.

[REQ] Black Notification Bar for eclairOG rom

I was just wondering if any themer out there could make a simple black bar for eclairOG v1.11(preferrably somewhat glossy) with a round battery icon (used in MAT-Theme, I believe its made by kspec?)
A lot of people have been asking for a black bar in the thread so I figured id try to get a themer's attention. Thank you!

To make things easier for the theme devs heres the link to the ROM
EclairOG:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=620673
and this is the theme that contains the notification bar and battery icon, id like. Thanks!
MAT-Theme:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5139150#post5139150
heres a screenshot of it:

OOhhh yes...Desperatly waiting for this

i am too, I really want it. i have really basic knowledge about theming, ive been trying to get it done myself, but all i get are bootloops...lol

I really hope someone does this haha. or a full sense/hero theme for eclair

lbsk8addict said:
I really hope someone does this haha. or a full sense/hero theme for eclair
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Id be happy enough with just the black bar. I managed to modify the framework-res.apk a lil bit but all it flashed was the battery, pulldown menu and the lil network icons, but the bar still comes up white even though i used the black images from the MAT theme, eclair is so much different than donut when it comes to theming, im not asking for much, just the black bar so hopefully someone will do it, because a ton of people are asking for it on the ROMs thread.

speedysilwady said:
Id be happy enough with just the black bar. I managed to modify the framework-res.apk a lil bit but all it flashed was the battery, pulldown menu and the lil network icons, but the bar still comes up white even though i used the black images from the MAT theme, eclair is so much different than donut when it comes to theming, im not asking for much, just the black bar so hopefully someone will do it, because a ton of people are asking for it on the ROMs thread.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yaa i assume it will come sooner or later, hopefully sooner.
In my opinion, i bet bbuchacher will be the first to port one to his eclair ROM, since he did so with his Super D roms

lbsk8addict said:
yaa i assume it will come sooner or later, hopefully sooner.
In my opinion, i bet bbuchacher will be the first to port one to his eclair ROM, since he did so with his Super D roms
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
boogieclair already has one but for some reason i cant get it to work..im a n00b at this which is why im asking for a seasoned themer to do this, cuz its a small project...

http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/eOG-new.zip
I haven't tested it. I really don't feel like spending the 30 minutes or so to set my unused G1(s) up to test it out, so nandroid before trying it.
It has the pull down, notification bar icons, and status bar from the MAT theme (all credit to the creators of the images used).
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/simple_black_bar.zip
There are the images I used for it along with the steps I used for colorChangev3.jar based on what the images looked like.
You have to change statusbar_background.png to statusbar_background.9.png for the status bar to show up black.

david1171 said:
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/eOG-new.zip
I haven't tested it. I really don't feel like spending the 30 minutes or so to set my unused G1(s) up to test it out, so nandroid before trying it.
It has the pull down, notification bar icons, and status bar from the MAT theme (all credit to the creators of the images used).
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/simple_black_bar.zip
There are the images I used for it along with the steps I used for colorChangev3.jar based on what the images looked like.
You have to change statusbar_background.png to statusbar_background.9.png for the status bar to show up black.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you sir, are EPIC! thank you so much for taking the time to make this! I flashed it, only the text turns white, but i found out why. In 2.1 roms, the system icons are no longer located in drawable. theyve been moved to drawable-mdpi. so i think if i move your images to mdpi itll work. ah, i didnt realize that statusbar_background had to be converted to a 9.png. Thanks this has been a great learning experience for me. Ive been fumbling around with the files and images all day and all of last night trying to get it to work. I think i can fix it myself. when I do finish, ill post it here and credit you and the original themer for MAT. Thank you very very much!

speedysilwady said:
you sir, are EPIC! thank you so much for taking the time to make this! I flashed it, only the text turns white, but i found out why. In 2.1 roms, the system icons are no longer located in drawable. theyve been moved to drawable-mdpi. so i think if i move your images to mdpi itll work. ah, i didnt realize that statusbar_background had to be converted to a 9.png. Thanks this has been a great learning experience for me. Ive been fumbling around with the files and images all day and all of last night trying to get it to work. I think i can fix it myself. when I do finish, ill post it here and credit you and the original themer for MAT. Thank you very very much!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
d'oh on my part. epic palmsmack. I theme my 2.1 nexus one, but completely forgot about the drawable-mdpi for the G1/MT3G. Well good thing I put the images up lol.

david1171 said:
d'oh on my part. epic palmsmack. I theme my 2.1 nexus one, but completely forgot about the drawable-mdpi for the G1/MT3G. Well good thing I put the images up lol.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
haha its okay dude, no big deal, ive learned enough in the past 24 hours that im able to move em to where they need to be and resign everything. thank you so much. I got it working!!! Im gonna take screenshots and upload everything in the next post..thank you so much!

speedysilwady said:
haha its okay dude, no big deal, ive learned enough in the past 24 hours that im able to move em to where they need to be and resign everything. thank you so much. I got it working!!! Im gonna take screenshots and upload everything in the next post..thank you so much!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you're welcome. glad my five minutes of work could be of use.

[BlackBar Mod - eclairOG1.0-1.2]
I DO NOT take any credit for this.
The notification bar is from MAT Theme made by matata86
and was ported over to eclairOG by david1171
UPDATED!!!! - I found some files that were in the wrong folder, and 3 images that were missing. I moved and restored the proper files into the right places. GTalk no longer force closes, no slowdown, nothing. Everything should run fine now!
Screenshots:
Installation:
-Make sure you have no widgets on any of your home screens before flashing
-Boot into Recovery and flash normally as you would any other theme
-No Need to Wipe anything (If you really really wanna be safe, wipe dalvik, but you shouldnt need to)
DOWNLOAD HERE!!!
Oh, and i might make a couple more versions and use battery icons from other themes on xda. Thanks again david1171 for porting the black bar to eclairOG!

Nice work.
love that battery icon...
Just flashed it and running good so far
EDIT: Got the feeling, that it slows down the phone a bit...

Does your Beautiful weather widget has a transparent background?
speedysilwady said:
[BlackBar Mod - eclairOG1.0-1.2]
I DO NOT take any credit for this.
The notification bar is from MAT Theme made by matata86
and ported over to eclairOG by david1171
Screenshots:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

schtuka said:
Does your Beautiful weather widget has a transparent background?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
looks like it doesnt it? =P
no its just the normal semi transparent gradient black background, but because theres a black wallpaper behind it, it looks almost invisible.
@Che: are you sure its slowing down? My phone is still super fast, i havent noticed any slowdown at all...

for some reason when I install the notification bar I get a force close when I open a chat on gtalk

speedysilwady said:
looks like it doesnt it? =P
no its just the normal semi transparent gradient black background, but because theres a black wallpaper behind it, it looks almost invisible.
@Che: are you sure its slowing down? My phone is still super fast, i havent noticed any slowdown at all...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh well, I was going to PM you for it. I think I know how to make it transparent, but I think the application needs to be resigned after replacing PNGs coz it didn't install. I tried signing made easy, but couldn't figure out how to make update-script.

schtuka said:
Oh well, I was going to PM you for it. I think I know how to make it transparent, but I think the application needs to be resigned after replacing PNGs coz it didn't install. I tried signing made easy, but couldn't figure out how to make update-script.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah it needs to be resigned. I use stericsons autosign.bat file.
Check out the zip file i attached and look in META-INF < com < google < android < update-script and open it with Wordpad and you should get an idea of those work. theyre very simple. im not at my comp right now so i cant explain much about them right now.
and to anyone having problems with the black bar, ill see if i can find anything wrong with it and fix it.

[Q] Help create a Steampunk theme...?

Ok folks, my friend just got a hero and we were talking about why to root. I showed him several ROMs from this site and all the cool themes. We got to talking about how cool it would be if there was a STEAMPUNK themed ROM out there.
Here's the rub... I SUCK at theming.
I looked at the "buufed" rom and I like some of the style, but it's just not quite what I'm looking for. Props to the developer of that ROM because it's very thorough. This is the depth I'd like the Steampunk theme to have, but I just don't know how to do it. I've never built a ROM from the ground up, so I don't even know where to start.
Is anyone out there interested in a project like this, or could someone help me know what to do?
Thanks!
-mb

+1
A steam punk theme would be pretty awesome

It has begun...
Ok... I have a great deal of respect for all you devs and themers out there. This is a beast. Time-consuming and not very forgiving...
I have started working on my steampunk theme. Here are some screenshots of what I've done so far. By no means is this a complete theme. I am using ZenHeroFX 2.0 by nfinitefx45 as my base. Credit to all artists/devs for their work.
I have themed the notification pull-down as well, but I don't have a screenie of that yet. Also, I themed the stock sense rosie, but (again) no screencap yet. I'm curious what y'all think...
-mb

Looks cool so far.

Wow. You're a fast learner! Here are some clear notification bar icons that I made. You can use them so that the black squares wont show up around the icons in the notification bar. Just unzip the zip file, and you'll see the folders that the icons are supposed to go into. Good luck!
http://www.mediafire.com/?nqe4mm2znhh <---- clear notification icons
(when I say clear, I mean that they are white with a clear background)

alexthearmo said:
Wow. You're a fast learner! Here are some clear notification bar icons that I made. You can use them so that the black squares wont show up around the icons in the notification bar. Just unzip the zip file, and you'll see the folders that the icons are supposed to go into. Good luck!
http://www.mediafire.com/?nqe4mm2znhh <---- clear notification icons
(when I say clear, I mean that they are white with a clear background)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Awesome! Thanks. That file is really helpful! I'll post more screencaps when I can do some more work on the theme.
-mb

This is looking really good. Here's another theme I found a while back that has some of the same elements of csrom and your current build. I've never used it, but maybe something in there will help you, or maybe this dev can help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478570

wow! this looks ... awesome! not usually an "extreme theme" kinda guy, but this I would use!
sadly though, I am using CM6 or AOSP, so would not actually end up using it, but I will be watching this thread for S&Gs anyway. the end result should look spectacular.
if I could add one "suggestion"? Get rid of the "branding" (SteamMod in big letters on the lockscreen?), I would think ppl would rather have something less intrusive in the look. I know I would. something clean and mechanical. just a IMHO kinda suggestion, great work regardless!

fallonjp said:
This is looking really good. Here's another theme I found a while back that has some of the same elements of csrom and your current build. I've never used it, but maybe something in there will help you, or maybe this dev can help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478570
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the link. There is some good stuff I might be able to use in there... credit to the creator of course!
kingdazy said:
wow! this looks ... awesome! not usually an "extreme theme" kinda guy, but this I would use!
sadly though, I am using CM6 or AOSP, so would not actually end up using it, but I will be watching this thread for S&Gs anyway. the end result should look spectacular.
if I could add one "suggestion"? Get rid of the "branding" (SteamMod in big letters on the lockscreen?), I would think ppl would rather have something less intrusive in the look. I know I would. something clean and mechanical. just a IMHO kinda suggestion, great work regardless!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No problem-o... I appreciate the suggestion. Funny thing, too... I was using some of the mods from this on my daily use, and I thought "I need to take off that lettering 'cuz it's getting on my nerves." I'm just going to use it as the splash screen when sense loads rather than on the lock screen.
I have to take a break from this for a couple of days, but hopefully I can work on it some next week. Here's where I'm going to have most of my problems... DISTRIBUTION. I can theme my own phone b/c I know what I'm editing... I just am not sure how to make it so others can use it without bricking their phone. Any ideas? I hate Metamorph... was thinking more of a flashable zip? Or maybe just a themed version of a full ROM? ??
-mb

I may be way off, but I'm a Hero user and digital scrap "designer". I have photographed and extracted some Steampunk watch parts that you are welcome to use if you like for your theme.
http://www.scrappincop.com/search/label/Steampunk
The DL links are right below the pics for each post. Again, if I'm way off and you think my stuff sucks, disregard this post!
I love your theme btw!

I have abandoned this project... it was too big for me to take on. If anyone wants to pick this up...?

mbuchholz said:
I have abandoned this project... it was too big for me to take on. If anyone wants to pick this up...?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
that's too bad, one theme I was really looking forward to.
and no, dont know diddle about theming.

[MM] Orangalicious theme for xtrsense

This a theme for Xtrsense. I have tried to get as much orange as possible in this theme. I am not done with this completely yet because there are some more things I want to change but I have not had time to do it yet what with life and all.
This theme is largely based off of droidkevlars theme kevlarmash. So most if not all credit goes to him.
Also thanks to zach.xtr for a great rom.
Anyhow here is the theme with some screenshots. If anyone can think of something else they would like to see in it or how to do some new things feel free to let me know.
Disclaimer: The only rom I have tested this on is xtrsense. I am sure it will work on most 2.1 roms however I can not confirm this. If anyone can confirm this for me that would be great.
Disclaimer pt2: If you do this you are doing it at your own risk.
Just wanted to add if everyone wants to post a request for a color other than orange, once I finish with this I will make a new one in whatever color is most requested.

Man if you could make a tarheel blue one, that'd be awesome. If not i'll survive tho haha.

it's not working on my phone tried several times using metamorph, says file not written correctly
sucks, bc it looks really cool! i tried re downloading on card but still nothing
any suggesstions?

zerocool79346 said:
Man if you could make a tarheel blue one, that'd be awesome. If not i'll survive tho haha.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I do appreciate the color suggestion but Tarheel blue is against everything I stand for. I would have to burn my eyes out before committing such a sin.. (cough) go duke (cough)
ErisLove said:
it's not working on my phone tried several times using metamorph, says file not written correctly
sucks, bc it looks really cool! i tried re downloading on card but still nothing
any suggesstions?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I will take a look at it. Have you tried applying it anyway even though it gives you that error when you unzip?

droiderisuser said:
I will take a look at it. Have you tried applying it anyway even though it gives you that error when you unzip?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it doesnt give me the option, it just kicks me out of metamorph all together

ErisLove said:
it doesnt give me the option, it just kicks me out of metamorph all together
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was able to duplicate it. I am not sure yet what is causing but, once it kicks you out if you go back into metamorph and click on apply theme it should have it listed as an option and let you apply it even though it kicked you out initially.

droiderisuser said:
I do appreciate the color suggestion but Tarheel blue is against everything I stand for. I would have to burn my eyes out before committing such a sin.. (cough) go duke (cough)
?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Haha ah well. It was worth a shot.

Very nice theme especially considering Halloween. I have run it for four days with no problems. I did get the error message when I unzipped with MM but going right back in showed the xml file in my list of apps.
Sent from my Eris using XDA App

Could the OP or anyone tell me what clock is being used in those screen shots? Or where I could find some themed clock widgets? Thanks.
Comic

Comicazy said:
Could the OP or anyone tell me what clock is being used in those screen shots? Or where I could find some themed clock widgets? Thanks.
Comic
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It is beautiful widgets

[THEME/WIP] A little theming help?

I'm trying to finish a fully done GB theme for CM 6.1, I'm having one difficulty. I can't figure out what PNG's to edit to change the colors on the notification power controls here. I would love some help. :] I'm sort of addicted to theming and I will for sure be helping people port themes if I can finish this one! :]

iskatebad45 said:
I'm trying to finish a fully done GB theme for CM 6.1, I'm having one difficulty. I can't figure out what PNG's to edit to change the colors on the notification power controls here. I would love some help. :] I'm sort of addicted to theming and I will for sure be helping people port themes if I can finish this one! :]
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
They are in system\framework\framework-res.apk res\drawable-mdpi. They start with stat... ie. stat_2g3g_off.png

Thanks for the fast reply, I've been able to theme everything I've wanted to from apps to the entire framework, however the thing I'm running into is not knowing which file to change to recolor the portion circled in red. I've already tried stat_bgon.9 and stat_bgoff.9 to no avail. What are the possibilities that this is a color picked by an XML and not just a png?

It is likely since it can be changed in cm settings I don't know where its located
iskatebad45 said:
Thanks for the fast reply, I've been able to theme everything I've wanted to from apps to the entire framework, however the thing I'm running into is not knowing which file to change to recolor the portion circled in red. I've already tried stat_bgon.9 and stat_bgoff.9 to no avail. What are the possibilities that this is a color picked by an XML and not just a png?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sent from my twopointtwo themed hero

iskatebad45 said:
Thanks for the fast reply, I've been able to theme everything I've wanted to from apps to the entire framework, however the thing I'm running into is not knowing which file to change to recolor the portion circled in red. I've already tried stat_bgon.9 and stat_bgoff.9 to no avail. What are the possibilities that this is a color picked by an XML and not just a png?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Settings / user interface / indicator color
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

Well played! Thanks for the help. It would seem that I got a little PNG crazy since I started theming! If anyone wants help resizing themes and porting anything I'd be more than willing to help. I'll be posting flashable zips and screen shots of what I'm running in the next day or so. Thanks a bunch guys, really!

iskatebad45 said:
If anyone wants help resizing themes and porting anything I'd be more than willing to help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dude! We'd love your help over here! See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858935
We are trying to port the MIUI ROM for our hero's, but we need someone who has the time/desire to port the images from hdpi to mdpi. There are programs to help make this faster, but we're having some problems with them and a lot of the images are gonna need to be ported by hand. Anyway...let me know what you think! Thanks man!

Actually! I'd love to help, I honestly think that the Miui rom is really legit. I downloaded the rom already, where should I start. I know that some of the apps have been done already right?
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

ehac1680 said:
Settings / user interface / indicator color
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks - I was looking for that myself!